The Last Noel

Name: The Last Noel
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Malone
ISBN: 9781461811282

Author: Michael Malone

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/29/2011

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Critically acclaimed author Michael Malone has won the Edgar, O. Henry, Writer's Guild, and Emmy Awards. Booklist hails The Last Noel as a "warm, engaging love story." This moving tale of an improbable friendship was a Book Sense 76 Top 10 selection. Noni Tilden and John "Kaye" King meet as young children on Christmas Eve of 1963. Noni is a white, privileged girl, while Kaye is a poor, black boy. Over four decades, they continue to meet during the holidays, and their friendship endures all obstacles in its path.

About Michael Malone

Michael Malone (1942â€“2022) authored of ten novels, a collection of short stories, and two works of nonfiction. He was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Harvard. Among his prizes are the Edgar, the Writers Guild Award, and the Emmy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam

I read this during the Christmas holiday after my husband died. Strange as this may sound this book helped me at a time when reading books was something I loved but couldn't imagine ever doing again. I hope this makes sense. If not oh well it makes perfect sense to me......more

Goodreads review by Karen

A very special friendship that spans 40 years. Exquisitely written with characters you will not forget. I am rarely moved to tears by a book. Well, that’s not always true, I can be a cry baby, if the story really gets to me. And well... This one did. I kept thinking I knew where the story was going to......more